Chocolate Lemon Truffles

Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 (250 g) packet biscuits (petit buerre or tea biscuits)
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 egg yolk
• 125 g butter (no substitutes as it detracts from the flavour)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 lemon, zest of, small
• 1 dash cognac
• 200 g chocolate couverture

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a saucepan and mix with lemon zest and cognac.
• 2 finely crush biscuits and mix in a large bowl with sugar and cocoa.
• 3 warm up milk to lukewarm and add to bowl with dry ingredients.
• 4 immediately add the butter mixture and combine well.
• 5 allow to firm up for at least 4 hours, or place in deep freeze for 30 minutes.
• 6 roll into small balls and place on foil-lined tray. keep cold.
• 7 melt chocolate in a double boiler and dip each ball in and allow chocolate to set.
• 8 you can roll these in chocolate sprinkles, crushed walnuts, cocoa powder or whatever else you like.
• 9 they last a week in the fridge in a sealed container.